16 December (Part 2) - Thank you Bexley Council, again
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is not my favourite place, full of lost cats and Moaning Minnies is too often the case. They were
out in force yesterday. Bexley Council is ‘Disgusting’ for trying to do a
little something to counteract the Labour Party’s determination to freeze an estimated 4,000 people to death this year.
‘Disgusting’ and absolutely disgusting was not the opinion of just one isolated,
err, I am searching for a more appropriate word but moron is probably going to have
to do. To add to Disgusting we had Insulting, Laughable, Appalling and a Bad Joke.
One suggestion was to complain to one’s Councillor. Fat lot of good that would
do me. My Councillor works for the MP who thought it was a good idea to risk bumping off old people.
Several Conservative Councillors attempted to defend the scheme, among them
James Hunt, Philip Read, John Davey, Sue Gower and the wife of Councillor Peter Reader.
With hindsight I would agree the scheme now looks a bit rushed and a small
electric foot blanket might be more beneficial than hats, gloves and porridge
but the negativity was beyond belief with some nit pickers complaining that the
volunteer delivery drivers might be breaking the terms of their car insurance policies and shouldnְ’t do it.
Why are these Minnies moaning rather than digging into their own pockets, if not
to help fund Bexley’s Box scheme but to make sure the old people in their own lives are kept warm?
As James Hunt said, you do something to help and you get complaints. You do nothing and the same people complain.
It’s not perfect but to fully fund the loss of the Fuel Allowance
in Bexley would top seven million. Instead we have Conservative Councillors
making significant personal donations,
Out of curiosity I asked if I was eligible for a Box and found I was which maybe
indicates a weakness in the scheme, but one must not forget that Bexley’s Conservative Councillors
did at least take the initiative to counteract the actions of the MPs for Bexleyheath & Crayford and Erith & Thamesmead.
Now that pair really are disgusting.
Presumably no Labour activist or Councillor disagrees with that assessment; none found their way
to Facebook to explain why they think old people should freeze. Fortunately the
Facebook Moderator quickly came to their rescue by switching off comments. Former Councillor
and Facebook Moderator Danny Hackett told me long ago why that might be.
Barking, Haringey, Kingston, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are
offering real money to those who just miss out on receiving what remains of the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Meeting the eligibility criteria might be difficult.